bonneteau
French, noun/bɔn.to/
bonneteau is spelled B-O-N-N-E-T-E-A-U (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 110,748th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bonneteau is a French masculine noun meaning “three-card monte” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Jeu de trois cartes pratiqué par des filous qui provoquent les gens à jouer pour escamoter leur argent”.
What does bonneteau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethree-card monte
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Jeu de trois cartes pratiqué par des filous qui provoquent les gens à jouer pour escamoter leur argent.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bonneteau
- bonneteaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bonneteau?
- /bɔn.to/
- \bɔn.to\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bonneteau in French?
bonneteau appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).